Sound Off for Friday, March 28, 2014

Two weeks ago, I was driving on Seller’s Avenue in Ridley Park and found a cat recently hit by a car and still alive. It was a long-haired black cat with some white fur on its head. It didn’t have a collar and didn’t appear to be feral since its coat was clean and shiny. I drove it to Just For Cats Veterinary Hospital in Folsom. I told them about the cat and they immediately came out to my car to examine it. They scanned it to look for an identification chip and it didn’t have one. After assessment they determined the injuries were too extensive to save him. I was required to “take ownership” so that it could be humanely euthanized. All they requested was I make a small donation to the hospital which I gladly did. I want to publicly thank those who were at the hospital that day for being there and taking control of the situation for me. I don’t know what I would have done if they had turned me away. I’ve been haunted by that day’s events since. Some family is now missing a cat and don’t know what happened. That must be the worst feeling. I don’t understand why someone would have a pet and not do everything possible to keep it safe. At least the owner would know what happened to his/her fuzzy friend had the cat had a collar or ID chip.

WHY BERGER’S ROCKED

To “Geography Lesson,” one place I really miss is Berger’s in Chester. It hasn’t been that long since they closed compared to the other old downtown shops and the sign is still there. You could find plumbing supplies there that you just can’t find in stock at other places anymore. Tracking down parts online just isn’t the same.

PHAT’S ALL, FOLKS

I caught Phatso’s appearance on the Food Network and it was very interesting. I wish that business years of success.

DOUGHNUT FAN

NIMBY IS US

To all the callers picking up on the residents of Swarthmore because they don’t want the roundabout, every time I pick up the Daily Times there’s a community in Delco with a “not in my backyard” mentality about business, tractor-trailers, parking, and so on. Don’t just point the finger at Swarthmore.

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URBAN SPRAWL

THE PLANE FACTS

At 2 p.m. on Wednesday I was sitting in my car on the bank of the Delaware River at the Commodore Barry Bridge. I saw two full-sized passenger airplanes flying overhead, one on top of the other. These planes couldn’t have been more than 50 feet apart. They were too high to have left Philadelphia International Airport, but they weren’t super high up. I could see them clearly enough to make out detail in the planes. If anyone else saw this or has an explanation for this, please call Sound Off.

CHEERS TO THE CHILDREN

Bravo to Catholic Community Choir with the production of “The Music Man” at Cardinal O’Hara High School. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen. The cast of 160 children ranged in age from kindergarten through ninth-grade. There was so much talent on that stage! Thank you for a great show.

A FAN

NUKED AGAIN

“Save The American Dream,” I’m assuming that you live here in Delco, nowhere near a nuclear power plant. If you did, I think your views on nuclear power might be different.

HOMER SIMPSON

BLAME THE POLS

“Mr. Tom From Linwood,” the school pension fiasco does not come from the teachers unions, it comes from our representatives in Harrisburg -- the ones who created this mess by not funding the pensions for all these years. Look at them before you blame the little guys. It starts at the top.

ONE WHO REALLY CARES

FAST EDDIE DELIVERED

To “Re-elect Rendell,” you can criticize Rendell all you want, but we were in much better shape under him than we are now. Maybe that’s why he was a two-term governor and Corbett is going to lose to Tom Wolf.